PRIME Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila introduced ways to reduce the cost of running the public service in the next three years, but did not reveal estimated figures on how much it plans to save.
The Prime Minister of Namibia, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhilla introduced ways to to reduce the cost of running public service in Namibia. Measures include limiting foreign travels by two trips a year for civil servants, controlling the use of state vehicles, and minimizing waste by using email instead of paper. A lot of minimizing cost has to do with maintaining the public service sector of 100,000 people. In the past, senior government officials have abused government travel to earn money through the travel allowance.
As for reducing waste, civil servants are encouraged to conduct meetings through video or telephone to reduce traveling time. And business and intellectual property sectors will no longer use hard copy instead of email.
It will be interesting to see to what extent these measures are effective. It sounds like the Prime Minster has some great ideas in reducing cost and cutting government corruption, but I wonder if implementing and enforcing them will prove more difficult. I also wonder whether any of this stuff is observable on the ground, or if all goes on behind closed doors.
Posted by Ellie Chen
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